Panaji: Goa court will continue trial in Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case from September 23 onwards after the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by him to seeking quashing of charges framed against him.
The case came before District Court judge Vijaya Pol on Monday after SC pronounced its verdict.
The Goa court fixed the next date for hearing on September 23, 2019 when the trial will resume.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal seeking quashing of charges framed against him in an alleged sexual assault case lodged by a former woman colleague.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked Goa’s lower court to complete the trial preferably within six months in the case against Tejpal.
Tejpal is alleged to have sexually assaulted a former woman colleague inside the elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013.
He has denied the allegations levelled against him.
Tejpal was arrested on November 30, 2013 by the crime branch after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the court.
He has been out on bail since May 2014.
